Albuquerque Journal

Palmer, Stoops, Romo among College Football HOF class

- BY RALPH D. RUSSO

Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer and former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops are among the 13 former players and coaches who make up the latest College Football Hall of Fame class.

The National Football Foundation announced the newly elected hall of famers Monday. This class will be inducted in December.

Joining Southern Cal’s Palmer and Stoops will be versatile running backs Darren Sproles of Kansas State and C.J. Spiller of Clemson; offensive tackles Harris Barton of North Carolina and Aaron Taylor of Notre Dame; defensive stars David Fulcher of Arizona State, Dan Morgan of Miami; Kenneth Sims of Texas; Andre Tippett of Iowa and Al Wilson of Tennessee. Former Eastern Illinois quarterbac­k and current CBS NFL analyst Tony Romo was also selected for induction along with former Florida A&M coach Rudy Hubbard.

Palmer won the Heisman in 2002 for the Trojans and went on to be the first overall pick in the 2003 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.

Stoops coached Oklahoma from 19992016, leading the Sooners to their last national championsh­ip in 2000. Oklahoma went to two more BCS title games with Stoops and won 10 Big 12 championsh­ips.

He is the sixth Oklahoma coach to be inducted into the Atlanta-based Hall of Fame, including Bud Wilkinson and Barry Switzer.

Stoops and Tippett were teammates on the Iowa’s Big Ten championsh­ip team in 1981.

 ?? SUZANNE PLUNKETT/AP FILE ?? Carson Palmer, right, was named the 2002 Heisman Trophy winner as USC’s quarterbac­k. Palmer is among the 13 former players and coaches in the latest College Football Hall of Fame class.
SUZANNE PLUNKETT/AP FILE Carson Palmer, right, was named the 2002 Heisman Trophy winner as USC’s quarterbac­k. Palmer is among the 13 former players and coaches in the latest College Football Hall of Fame class.

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